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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
It's Not Easy Being Hispanic Looking/Sounding and Living in America!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sen. Feingold to Supreme Court Nominee Kagan: Corporations Are Not People
clipped from feingold.senate.gov Feingold Opening Statement on the Nomination of Elena Kagan to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States “So my hope is that your diverse experiences, your thoughtfulness and openness, and your talent for consensus-building will allow you to see the long-term dangers to the Court and to the country of a decision like Citizens United – and enable you, if confirmed, to convince your colleagues to avoid making similar mistakes in the future. |
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Constant War Grows Beasts - Ask An Afghan Woman
clipped from www.awwproject.org
The beast is still alive. The beast came alive when the angel died. The beast doesn’t read poems; The beast is here. |
Friday, June 25, 2010
Terrorist List Makers Nearly Always Get It Wrong!
One positive outcome: This expose of security ineptitude ought to form the base of a good British comedy film or a fake-reality TV series.
clipped from www.guardian.co.uk
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Art Patronage Meant to Buy Goodwill Get Out of Jail Free Card for BP - Fails!
clipped from www.guardian.co.uk
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Slide offered to get on Berlin Subway - Wheeeeee
clipped from london-underground.blogspot.com
Commuters on the subway in Berlin were offered the choice of stairs, escalators or a giant slide to get down to the trains. I'm surprised how many actually chose the slide - although it does look fun!
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Profiteering Afghan Style: Pay off Taliban to ship goods to US soldiers that Taliban are killing and wounding?
One, two, three four what are we fighting for? The right to steal from US and endanger US soldiers? Is this all a bit crazy?
clipped from circlingthelionsden.blogspot.com
The report pulls few punches: security for the US supply chain is mainly provided by warlords who compete with the Afghan central government for power and authority; the Highway Warlords run a protection racket; these funds, in turn, are a significant potential source of funding for the Taliban; the unaccountable supply chain security contractors are themselves fuelling corruption, with one company admitting that it pays $1,000 to $10,000 in monthly bribes to Afghan governors, police chiefs and local military units; there is no DoD oversight of the supply chain or the private security contractors; |
Monday, June 21, 2010
Seeta to Afghan Men - Listen Up! I am Human Too!
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
28th Amendment to US Constitution - Access to Broadband?
clipped from www.boston.com
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Mr. President and US Senate: Stand with Refugee Children!
clipped from www.theirc.org
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Reading This Might Help Prevent the Next Big Spill
clipped from www.guardian.co.uk
Naomi Klein
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Why is it that Republicans Love to Hate Public Broadcasting?
clipped from www.govtrack.us
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Nina Would Know What to Sing About Arizona!
clipped from theunapologeticmexican.org
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
Faux "We care" Journalism
clipped from www.nytimes.com
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A leaked pipeline sent oil spilling into a Salt Lake City creek, coating geese and ducks and closing a park, officials said Saturday as they started a cleanup effort expected to last weeks. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A leaked pipeline sent oil spilling into a Salt Lake City creek, coating geese and ducks and closing a park, officials said Saturday as they started a cleanup effort expected to last weeks. |
Friday, June 11, 2010
Traveling this summer? Check Destination for Dengue Fever
clipped from www.who.int
The incidence of dengue has grown dramatically around the world in recent decades. Some 2.5 billion people – two fifths of the world's population – are now at risk from dengue. WHO currently estimates there may be 50 million dengue infections worldwide every year. The disease is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-east Asia and the Western Pacific. The spread of dengue mosquito vectors urban species Aedes aegypti |
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Oil and Nuclear Safety: Who Do You Trust?
clipped from www.thehindu.com
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BP _ No Free Press Allowed in BP Land - err - Florida Beach
clipped from gothamist.com BP Slammed for Barring Press A reporter and photographer from The Daily News of New York were told by a BP contractor they could not access a public beach on Grand Isle, La. CBS News says one of its news crews was threatened with arrest for trying to film a public beach where oil had washed ashore. |
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
American Patriot Wannabe-Terrorists At It Again
clipped from www.splcenter.org
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes keeps insisting his year-old organization is composed of nothing more than patriotic, Constitution-loving Americans who aren’t a threat to anybody. Matthew Fairfield, a suburban Cleveland man who has been sitting in jail since April in lieu of $1 million bail as he awaits trial on 54 criminal counts related to his alleged storing of a live napalm bomb at his suburban Cleveland, Ohio, home Georgia Oath Keeper was busted for allegedly plotting to take control of a Madisonville, Tenn., courthouse and place two dozen federal, state and local officials under citizen’s arrest. |
Israel OKs Mountain Dew and Fritos for Gaza - Still no to cement, wood, bricks...
clipped from endtheoccupationblog.blogspot.com
Here's the list of prohibited items from Gisha, the Israeli Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, which includes cement, plaster, tar, wood, glass containers, dried fruit, coriander, fishing rods, nets, rope, size A4 paper, sewing machines, toys, fresh meat, cattle, chicks, newspapers, musical instruments, writing implements. |
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Struggle for peace and democracy in Israel
clipped from www.haaretz.com
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